Some histologic and biochemical evidence for mitigation of cyanide-induced tissue lesions by antioxidant vitamin administration in rabbits

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 463-469

  Okolie, N P ^a   Iroanya, C U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antioxidant vitamins; Cyanide; Mitigation; Tissue lesions

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CATALASE; CYANIDE; RETINOL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME CHEMISTRY; GRAVIMETRY; HISTOLOGY; KIDNEY INJURY; LIVER INJURY; LUNG INJURY; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CYANIDES; DIET; EATING; ENZYMES; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; RABBITS; THIOCYANATES; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN E; WEIGHT GAIN;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0037399880     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(02)00224-7     Document Type: Article

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